Only a handful of Israel’s players at the World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament have ever actually set foot in the country they are representing. All but two are Americans, mostly minor leaguers with a Jewish parent, grandparent or wife.

But they have had a common history to get to the WBC — and a shared goal. They grew up with few Jewish baseball idols and even fewer Jewish teammates. And as much as they want to win this tournament — they notched a come-from-behind 5-2 win over Great Britain at Coney Island’s MCU Park on Thursday night — they want to inspire the next generation of Jewish players, whether they are in the United States, Israel or elsewhere.

“We all come here for a common goal,” said ex-Met Ike Davis, who had a pinch-hit RBI single in Israel’s game-changing four-run seventh. “[We want] young kids in Israel to start picking up a bat and a ball and getting out in the field playing, so we can spread the greatest sport on earth to other countries.”

Ex-Met Josh Satin, who retired from Major League Baseball months ago at age 31, felt strongly enough about being a role model and recruiter he was in Brooklyn despite pregnant wife Allyson being due to deliver their child in California on Sunday, when Israel hopes to be playing in the double-elimination final (Friday’s game against Brazil is at noon because of the Sabbath.).

“All through the [Mets] system, it was Ike and I. We were the Jews on the team. In New York especially, it was kind of special. This is a very Jewish city,” Satin said. “I was a two-year utility player. … I didn’t do that much on the field, but the city gravitated towards me and I felt like it was because of that.

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“I’d see Jewish kids on the street that’d come up and say hi to me. I’m like, ‘How do you recognize me? I play once a month.’ But that had a big part of it. I always embraced it because for me growing up there weren’t many Jewish baseball heroes. So if I could help a kid want to play because of that, I was all for it.”

Team Israel hopes WBC success will help that kid want to play.

“We want to do this. We want to win,” said Cody Decker, a minor leaguer since 2009 with eight games of MLB experience in 2015 with the Padres. Decker doubled and scored in the second, then capped the four-run seventh with a long sacrifice fly.

“The 30 percent increase in participation in Israel in baseball just from the last time and we didn’t even win that tournament,” he said. “If we keep playing the way we’re supposed to and the way we can, who knows what that number will rise to.”

Israel’s Law of Return allows for liberal recruiting parameters: Anybody who is Jewish or has a Jewish parent, grandparent or spouse is eligible to play. Israel Association of Baseball president Peter Kurz sifted through a hundred mostly minor leaguers, digging out all kinds of records, even dog tags from a player’s grandfather to establish eligibility.

The result is a 28-man team with 26 Jewish-Americans that boasts 19 players with experience in the majors or minors, by far the most in this four-team qualifying field.

Davis hit 32 homers for the Mets in 2012, Craig Breslow and Ryan Lavarnway won World Series rings with the Red Sox and Staten Island’s Jason Marquis earned one with the Cardinals.

Experience helped Marquis, 38, get through his first competitive game in 14 months. He was pulled after three innings (two hits, one earned run) to save him for some innings on Sunday. Breslow got the win with one inning of shutout relief.

“[I was] trying to revert back to what I know, what I’ve done the last 15 years,” said Marquis, who was born in Manhasset and starred for Tottenville. “Nice to be back in a competitive atmosphere and pitching for something so meaningful.”

And that experience helped down 2-1 in the seventh. Mike Meyers’ sacrifice fly and Zach Borenstein’s RBI single to right gave Israel the lead. With the bases loaded, Davis fouled off three full-count pitches before lacing an RBI single off the mound. Decker’s sacrifice fly made it 5-2.

“The guy had a pretty sneaky little fastball. I kept fouling it back, got to a 3-2 count a couple times and finally got a pitch I could handle and squared it up,” Davis said. “Thank God it found a hole.”